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Processing
by Heritage Radio Network
This unique podcast explores the intersection of food and grief. Mother-daughter cohosts Bobbie Comforto and Zahra Tangorra are joined by a special guest who shares their personal experience with loss, grief, and heartbreak, and how food factored into their journey. Bobbie has worked as a psychotherapist specializing in bereavement and trauma for over 30 years, but before entering the world of grief counseling Bobbie was a culinary entrepreneur. Zahra Tangorra is a Brooklyn-based chef and restaurant consultant. They share a deep love of food and a personal understanding of its connection to grief.Change and loss are inevitable in all our lives. The relationships that we as humans have surrounding food and loss are universal and relatable across different cultures, beliefs, and lifestyles. It is our individual adaptation to the things we cannot control that makes us unique. Processing exposes and digests these commonalities and differences in each episode. Change and loss are inevitab
Episodes
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Ava Truckey- "Swiss Cake Rolls"
This week we are privileged to welcome cook and writer Ava Truckey. Ava joins us to talk about the 2013 death of her mother, just two days before her 25th birthday. We discuss grief, cooking as a way of managing emotional pain, the writing process, and why Taco Bell is the best fast food on…
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Laura Davis- "Brisket"
Hello friends! We are back with a very special episode! This week we welcome Laura Davis. Laura the author of seven non-fiction books, including The Courage to Heal, Becoming the Parent You Want to Be, and I Thought We'd Never Speak Again. Her groundbreaking books have been translated into 11...
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Alexis Arvidson-Needham- “Inheritance Potatoes”
This week we have the distinct pleasure of speaking with Zahra’s long time best friend, Alexis Arvidson-Needham. Alexis is an Acupuncturist and practitioner of Eastern and Western Herbal Medicine. She joins us to talk about a very complicated and very common type of grief: ambiguous grief. Alexis...
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Erica Hill- “Apple Slices & Cheese”
On this week's show we have the absolute pleasure of speaking with Erica Hill. Erica is the owner of Sparrow Funeral Home in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. She joins us to discuss her vision and goals with Sparrow, as well as her own personal and profound experiences with grief. We loved our time with...
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Luka Romonova- "Pelmeni"
On this week's very special episode we welcome Artist, Bartender, and Pay It Forward Charleston grant recipient, Luka Romonova. Pay It Forward Charleston provides relief in the form of grants to Charleston's food and beverage community. Luka shares their experience with Pay It Forward, as well as...
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Listener Letter
This week we read a beautiful listener letter from Lori, who shares with us some complicated feelings regarding travel and celebration after the passing of her husband, Lou. Thank you, Lori, for sharing this letter with us ❤️ HRN is home to transformative exchanges about food. Our 35+...
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Let’s Talk About Life
Hello sweet friends. We have missed you so! This week we are back to talk about the goings on in the world, what we’ve been up to, and how we’ve been handling it all. And we want to hear from you and how you’ve been handing it all too. Please drop us a line at [email protected]…
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Risa Morimoto- "You Are My Sunshine"
A special re-broadcast while we are away! On today's show we are joined by film Director and Producer, Risa Morimoto. Risa is also the founder and CEO of "Modern Aging," a foundation that focuses on innovative and holistic approaches and solutions to aging and caregiving. Risa's family also owns...
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Ellen, Dan & Clare Driscoll- "Soft Shell Crabs, Caesar Salad & Spaghetti Sundays"
A very special re-broadcast while we are away. On today’s show we are honored to welcome the Driscoll family. Ellen and Dan are brother and sister, and Clare is Dan’s daughter and Ellen’s niece. Dan and Ellen both lost their wives to cancer, and Clare, her mother, and they talk candidly about…
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"Monica O'Connell"- Rum Cake
A special re-broadcast while we're away! This week we are joined by Cake Designer, Baker and Writer, Monica O'Connell. Monica earned a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from New York University, and was executive director of the Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College in Chicago for eight…
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Tovah Shanok - “Duck Noodles”
A special re-broadcast while we're away! Today is a special day, folks, as we welcome our sweet friend Tovah Shanok. Tovah joins us from her home in Germany to talk about the many different grief experiences she had endured over the past decade-plus. Tovah is a remarkable and very accomplished...
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Diane Zinna- “Celery, Cream Cheese, Olives & Paprika”
This week we have the honor of welcoming author and teacher Diane Zinna. Diane is the author of THE ALL-NIGHT SUN (Random House, 2020) which was longlisted for The Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize and the Cabell First Novelist Award. She also teaches a Grief Writing Sundays workshop, which…
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Listener Letter- “Feeling Guilty About Being Happy”
On this week's show, we read a beautiful letter from a listener who is coping with complicated feelings surrounding happiness after losing her wife. Thank you to Dylan for this touching letter ❤️ Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Processing by...
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Serena Liguori- "Shrimp Ceviche"
Hello sweet friends. This week we bring you an episode from 2020. We have the honor of speaking with Serena Liguori, the Executive Director of New Hour For Women and Children. New Hour was founded on Long Island to provide meaningful support to current and formerly incarcerated women, their...
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Bhavani Jaroff- “100 Turkeys”
On this week's show, we are joined by Bhavani Jaroff. Bhavani is a Natural Foods Chef, Educator, Farm to School Coordinator, Radio Host, and Food Activist. She has over thirty years of experience cooking healthy, fresh, organic food. Bhavani also lost both her parents within a close time frame…
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Beth Kaiserman- "Brown Mustard"
On this week's show, we welcome Beth Kaiserman. Beth is a writer with some incredibly unique and rich food memories. In 2019, Beth's father, Earl, was diagnosed with dementia. She joins us to discuss what life has been like since his diagnosis, and the realities of accepting the realities of…
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The Tasks of Grief
This week we discuss the tasks of grief and how they factor into the ever-winding grief journey, and where food plays a role. It was a very interesting and enlightening conversation, and we hope it is helpful for anyone who is navigating their own relationship with grief. Heritage Radio Network…
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Adam Isserlis- “Ketchup”
On this week's show, we are joined by the wonderful and warm Adam Isserlis. Adam joins us to talk about the multiple losses that he has experienced in his life, how he has come to understand them, and his relationship with grief. This was such a special episode, and we found ourselves laughing,...
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Bobbie & Z- “Pizza Rustica”
Hello friends, we’ve missed you! On this week's welcome back episode, we talk with each other about a man whose love for food and cooking was truly incomparable. On the four-year anniversary of Zahra’s dad's passing, we wanted to take the time to remember this wildly creative and complicated…
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Tim Donnelly- "The Boardwalk"
On this week's show, we welcome writer Tim Donnelly. Tim joins us for a deep and interesting conversation about the loss of his father, change, and finding the place where he felt like he truly belonged. We really enjoyed our time with Tim, and his insights into grief were unique and profound....
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Food & Grief
On this week's episode, we talk with each other about several beautiful and interesting traditions from around the globe, where food and grief collide. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Processing by becoming a member! Processing is Powered by...
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Diana Dietrich- "Apple Fritters"
This week we are honored to welcome the warm and wonderful Diana Dietrich. Diana joins us to discuss pet grief, the loss of her beloved kitties, and how the pandemic gave way for her to reinvent herself professionally by starting her own pet sitting and dog walking business. Diana is so kind and...
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Carla Fernandez- "Arroz Con Pollo"
On this week's show, we welcome Carla Fernandez, Co-Founder of The Dinner Party. The Dinner Party is a nonprofit, building a worldwide community of 20- 40 somethings who have each experienced the loss of a parent, partner, child, sibling, or another close family member or friend. We talk with…
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Bobbie and Z
On this week's show, we talk to each other about the defining moments of our lives, the traumas and triumphs that made us who we are today, and what we were cooking and eating along the way. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Processing by becoming a...
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Sarah Austin Jenness and Thorn Jenness- "Stuffed Peppers"
On this week’s show, we have the honor of speaking with Sarah Austin Jenness and Thorn Jenness. Sarah is the Executive Producer of The Moth, a global arts organization, dedicated to the art and craft of personal storytelling, and Thorn, her father, who has dedicated his career to Human Resources....
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Mary O’Malley- "String Beans"
On this week's show, we get to sit down with one of our favorite people in the whole wide world, Mary O’Malley. Mary is a wildly accomplished ceramicist and teacher, and also luckily for Zahra, a true blue best friend. Mary joins us to talk about the realities of grandparent grief. After losing...
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Lauren Golfer- “Grilled Veggies”
Hello friends. This week we are joined by the wonderful and wise Lauren Golfer. Lauren is a Nurse Practitioner specializing in Gynecology here in New York City. She talks with us about her experiences in the Health Care field during Covid, as well as two deeply significant losses she has endured…
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Nelson Simon- “The Perfect Storm”
On today’s show, we are joined by author and survivor, Nelson Simon. Nelson joins us to discuss his new book, “Soul of the Hurricane: The Perfect Storm and an Accidental Sailor”. In 1991, Nelson and the rest of the crew of the Anna Kristina were caught in what became famously known as “The…
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Lavanya Nambiar- "Sardines"
On this week's show, we talk with our sweet friend, Lavanya Nambiar. Lavanya is originally from New Delhi, India, and talks with us about the struggles associated with moving so far away from her home and family, the passing of two of her beloved aunts, and how the space between complicated the...
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Anthony Johnston- "Filet-O-Fish"
On this week's show, we are joined by the lovely and amazing Anthony Johnston. Anthony is a creator and TV Writer, and he graciously joins us to discuss the sudden loss of his older sister Tanya in 2010. He talks to us about the irreplaceable bond of siblinghood, and how he processed his grief...
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Erin Brady- "Mise en Place"
On this week's show, we have the honor of talking with our dear friend Erin Brady. Erin joins us to talk about her and her husband’s journey with infertility, and how it has impacted her health, relationship, and sense of homeostasis. This is such an important topic that so many folks deal with,...
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Remembering 9/11, 20 years later
On this week’s show, we discuss the 20 year anniversary of 9/11. A top the North Tower of the World Trade Center was Windows on The World, a New York City landmark restaurant with a beautiful and diverse staff. We wanted to pay homage to the employees who lost their lives there on 9/11, and also...
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Sheila Dee -“Chocolate Pudding Pie”
On this week's show, we welcome the lovely Sheila Dee. In 2017 Sheila lost her sister Stephanie suddenly, and she joins us today to unpack her complicated grief surrounding this tragic loss. Sheila talks so candidly and honestly about her grieving process, and also about the beautiful and rich...
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Tovah Shanok - “Duck Noodles”
Today is a special day, folks, as we welcome our sweet friend Tovah Shanok. Tovah joins us from her home in Germany to talk about the many different grief experiences she had endured over the past decade-plus. Tovah is a remarkable and very accomplished chef, and it was incredible to hear her…
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Let’s Talk About Taking a Break
This week we talk about taking a break. We recently had the opportunity to travel together, and we thought it could be an interesting topic to explore. How/when/if you take a break or vacation during these very trying and scary times. How can we take time for ourselves when it feels impossible?…
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Kathie Bodily returns - “Cookie & Chemo”
We are so honored to welcome back our dear friend, Kathie Bodily, for this week's show. Since we last spoke with Kathie she has been boldly fighting pancreatic and lung cancer, and she joins us to talk about the nuances in the battle she’s been in for the past year and nine months. Kathie is our...
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Edy Massiah - “Your friendly neighborhood grocer”
This week we welcome the talented and charming Edy Massiah, chef and owner of Edy’s Grocer in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Edy talks with us about his early life as a boy in Lebanon, and his love for Lebanese cuisine which he pays beautiful homage to at the grocer. We talk about the loss of identity…
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Reid Peterson- "Pfannkuchen"
On this week's show we welcome Reid Peterson. Reid has a Master's Degree in Transpersonal Psychology, and was trained by Dr. Alan Wolfelt from the Center for Loss & Life Transition. Reid works as a Grief companion, and has also launched the Grief Refuge App and podcast. After the passing of his...
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Aimee Lee Ball- "Eat, Darling, Eat"
On this week's show, we welcome Aimee Lee Ball. Aimee is a Journalist, co-author of four books, and co-founder of Eat, Darling, Eat, a beautiful blog about the relationships between mothers and daughters and how they intersect with food. We had such a rich conversation with Aimee, and as a mother...
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Africa Yoon “Kimchi”
On this week's episode we welcome the wonderful Africa Yoon. Africa is known for her monumental running feats from New York to Chicago and Milan to Cannes. She is also a writer, and her new book the “The Korean: Single and Obese: Then Kimchi Changed Everything!”, details how she lost 110lbs…
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Food & Grief & Film- Susannah Gruder returns
Today we welcome back our friend, writer and film critic Susannah Gruder. We absolutely loved our last chat with Susannah, and couldn’t wait to have her back. Sue has selected two wonderful and complex films that both came out in 2020, “Nomadland”, a film based on the 2017 non-fiction book...
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Gina Hamadey- "Thank You"
On today’s very special episode we have the pleasure of welcoming the lovely and talented Gina Hamadey. Gina is a writer and editor whose work has appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine, Food & Wine, Rachael Ray Every Day, Women's Health, and other publications, and has just released her new book, “I...
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Noah & Ari Meyerowitz- "Sprouts"
This week we have the pleasure of sitting down for a deep and tender talk with Noah and Ari Meyerowitz. You may remember our episode titled “Sproutman” featuring the incredible Beth Robbins, and Noah and Ari are her amazing sons. They talk to us about their dad Steve- his imprint on their lives,...
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Mary Beth White- "Dry Ice"
Hello friends. This week we welcome our dear friend, Mary Beth White. Mary Beth is a women's health care nurse practitioner, advanced practice holistic nurse, transpersonal nurse coach and former hospice nurse whose interest in non-traditional funerals and green burials was inspired by caring for...
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Let's talk about "The Year of Magical Thinking"
On this week’s show we discuss Joan Didion’s 2005 book, “The Year of Magical Thinking”. This is a brutally honest self observation of her life after the sudden loss of her husband, author John Gregory Dunne, and simultaneous hospitalization of her daughter Quintana Roo. This is a very meaningful...
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Let's talk about Mother's Day
This is a Mother’s Day episode. It’s a complicated and painful day for many of us, and we address that complexity, as a mother and daughter on this week’s episode. We know that this day can be extremely triggering and difficult, and also celebratory and joyous, and in some cases, it is all of…
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Suzanne Phillips - "Broccoli Rabe"
On this week’s show we welcome Dr Suzanne Phillips. Suzanne is a licensed Psychologist, Psychoanalyst, Diplomate in Group Psychology,Certified Group Therapist, Fellowand Co-chair of Community Outreach for the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA). She has been a Psychologist for over 35...
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Beth Robbins "Sproutman"
On today’s show we are joined by the bold, brilliant, and incredibly warm, Beth Robbins. On September 9th 2015, Beth lost her husband of 30 years, Steve Meyerowitz, in a car accident. Steve had been known as “The Sproutman” for decades, having dedicated his life's work to the growing and eating…
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Paul Manza- "WAKE UP!"
On this week's show we welcome our lovely friend, Paul Manza. Paul joins us to discuss the death of his mother, who passed away shortly after a diagnosis with pancreatic cancer a decade ago. We talk a lot about parenting in this episode, and how it relates to death, dying, grief and mortality…
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"Danielle Joffe" -Chicken Feet
This week we have the absolute pleasure of welcoming Holistic Healer and Spiritual Psychologist Danielle Joffe to the show. Danielle joins us to discuss her relationship with her late mother, Harriet, who was amongst many other things, an incredible painter and cook. Danielle explains to us the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This unique podcast explores the intersection of food and grief. Mother-daughter cohosts Bobbie Comforto and Zahra Tangorra are joined by a special guest who shares their personal experience with loss, grief, and heartbreak, and how food factored into their journey. Bobbie has worked as a psychotherapist specializing in bereavement and trauma for over 30 years, but before entering the world of grief counseling Bobbie was a culinary entrepreneur. Zahra Tangorra is a Brooklyn-based chef and restaurant consultant. They share a deep love of food and a personal understanding of its connection to grief.Change and loss are inevitable in all our lives. The relationships that we as humans have surrounding food and loss are universal and relatable across different cultures, beliefs, and lifestyles. It is our individual adaptation to the things we cannot control that makes us unique. Processing exposes and digests these commonalities and differences in each episode. Change and loss are inevitab
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This unique podcast explores the intersection of food and grief. Mother-daughter cohosts Bobbie Comforto and Zahra Tangorra are joined by a special guest who shares their personal experience with loss, grief, and heartbreak, and how food factored into their journey. Bobbie has worked as a...
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